Medical / science, research & development

This page shows accurate and reliable high quality products for use in scientific applications.

Fast temperature sensors

ST-50/51 Series

Ultra fast film type K thermocouple. Smallest ST-50 has a 50μm tip with response time of only 0.03s. (ambient-250°C in paraffin) 

Examples for use:

  • temperature distribution measurement during glass substrate firing/bonding
  • thermal design verification of power modules
ST series thermocouple for thermal verification
thermal verification
ST51 glass substrate temperature verification
glass substrate temperature

Temperature sensors with magnetic attachment

Sometimes temperature must be monitored, but the available measurement space is very small. RKC developed the ST-50/ST-51 ultra-compact film-type temperature sensors that can be easily attached to products under test with the STM-A magnetic holder.

  • suitable for accurate measurement of mold temperature
  • sensor type: type K thermocouple
  • temperature range:
    • ST-50: 0°C to +300°C
    • ST-51: -40°C to +300°C
ultra fast ultra thin thermocouple
Easy attachment to the mold with the STM-A magnetic holder

Thermocouples & Pt100s for temperature measurement

CasCade specializes in all kinds of thermocouples for use in i.e. all kinds of processes and applications.

  • all types of thermocouples and Pt100s
  • standardized thermocouples & custom sensors built to your specification
  • with or without cable to your specified length
  • optional temperature to 4-20mA transmitter in sensor head
  • optional calibration certificate

Hand thermometers for checking product temperature

LTM100

Waterproof handheld Infrared thermometer with laser beam for accurate aiming on the product
Brochure LTM100
– Instruction manual LTM100

Fast and accurate process & temperature controllers

Fast reacting processes

Fast reacting processes like lamp annealing & bonding require controllers with many calculations per second

High accuracy processes

Very accurate (0.001°C) controllers are necessary for keeping temperature at an extremely stable level to suppress deviation because of misalignment. For example optics (exposure lenses) & fine mechanics.

  • F9000 high accuracy controller (10 PID calculations per second). Excellent control stability through power feed forward.
  • temperature measurement accuracy: +/- 0.05°C
  • temperature control accuracy: +/- 0.001°C
  • measuring range: 0.000°C to +50.000°C
  • 1 or 2 channel version
RKC REX-F9000 advanced temperature controller
+/- 0.001°C accuracy
RKC F9000 advanced temperature control power feed forward
power feed forward

Cascaded temperature control for complex slow reacting processes i.e. reactors

Master-slave cascaded control is necessary when there is a large time lag between the controlled object and the source with risk of overshoot, especially in chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and physical vapour deposition (PVD) furnaces as well as reactors.

  • FZ series (20 PID calculations per second) 2 channel version
  • GZ series (100 PID calculations per second) 2 channel version
master-slave cascaded control
master-slave cascaded control

Multizone temperature control in large scale furnaces for OLED/LCD

Large multizone furnaces require many temperature zones to be controlled accurately. In order to keep a good overview with batch/recipe control HMI/SCADA/PLC touchpanels are added for supervisory control. Many fieldbuses available.

  • SRZ multizone system 2/4 channel DIN-rail modules with fieldbus interface (ProfiNET, ProfiBUS, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNET, MODBUS TCP/RTU, CC-Link, MAPMAN  and MECHATROLINK)
  • MA900/901 multizone 4/8 channel panelmount temperature controller
temperature control for multizone OLED/LCD furnace
multizone furnace

Ramp/soak control for batch processes & furnaces

Accurate and advanced ramp/soak controllers for batch-processes and furnaces. 

  • PZ series ramp/soak controller: easy operation
  • PF900 ramp/soak controller: very advanced functionality
PZ series ramp/soak controller
PF900
PF900 advanced ramp/soak controller

Universal climate chamber control

The Climate Manager system is an universal temperature & humidity control for all kinds of climate chambers:

  • ramp/soak function for temperature & relative humidity
  • weekday profiler
  • also for temperature shock testing
  • for both new and upgrading existing equipment

Easy to use HMI / SCADA development software: SpecView

specially developed for engineers without programming experience!!!

Easy and quick connection to equipment

All I want to do is:

  • connect devices to my PC
  • operate devices
  • datalog signals from those devices and very easily create trendcharts so I can analyse the data quickly

That is all!!!

Welcome to SpecView

How can I help you?

Take large leaps forward with your process control
clear process visualisation

You know exactly how your process works

  • only you know the working of your process inside- and out. No hiring of externally involved PLC programming companies that have little knowledge of your process. No time consuming project meetings explaining to them what you want and need: just do it yourself!
  • easiest way to connect to many devices with many equipment support drivers.
  • In just a few mouseclicks you have the communication with your devices up and running!
  • Add datalogging and trendcharts, also in just a few mouseclicks
  • develop SCADA/HMI applications completely yourself in just a few minutes instead of days/weeks in a very easy way.

Advanced fuel cell testing equipment for SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) and PEFC (proton exchange fuel cell)

  • planar (square or circular) ceramic SOFC holder:
    • 15 to 120mm
    • optional imaging window
  • tubular ceramic SOFC holder:
    • diameter: 2 to 10mm
    • length: 50 to 110mm
  • humidifiers
  • test furnaces (max. 1050°C)
  • inline hydrogen analyser (0-100% H2)
  • complete automated test systems
automated fuel cell test system
automated easy to use fuel cell test system
fuel cell holder with transparent (thermal) visualisation window
cell holder with transparent window for (thermal) imaging
visual and thermal imaging of fuel cell
anode side (left: visual, right: thermal)
fuel cell test oven
high temperature furnace

Power electronics for driving any kind of electrical heating element

RKC Instrument power electronics

  • very high unsurpassed Japanese quality
  • extreme reliability
  • current range: 10-200A
  • 1, 2 or 3 phase loads
  • load voltage range: 35-480Vac
  • resistive loads (resistance not dependent on temperature)
  • inductive loads (i.e. primary side of transformer)
  • molybdenum (MoSi2) elements (i.e. Kanthal super)
  • silicon carbide (SiC) elements

CD Automation power electronics

  • flexible modular system with many options so you only need to order the options you need
  • current range 10-2100A
  • 1, 2 or 3 phase loads
  • load voltage up to 690Vac
  • resistive loads (resistance not dependent on temperature)
  • inductive loads (i.e. primary side of transformer)
  • infrared (IR) long- medium and short wave lamps
  • molybdenum (MoSi2) elements (i.e. Kanthal super)
  • silicon carbide (SiC) elements
  • UV lamps

Cloud-based wifi datalogger for laboratory temperature & humidity

Wifi datalogger for monitoring both temperature & humidity in laboratories:

  • internal temperature & humidity sensor
  • alarm messages via sms & email
  • standalone (14 months battery lifetime)
  • 3 months internal storage when wifi signal fails with auto recovery/catching up of measurements
  • secure data storage on LogOnline cloudserver in professional datacenter
  • calibration certificate included
  • optional
    • 2 external -100°C to +200°C temperature sensors
    • +400°C sensors iso +200°C
    • extended calibration of external sensors

Leaflet LogOnline wifi datalogger

cloud-based wifi temperature datalogger
wifi datalogger
live trendchart wireless temperature datalogger
live trendchart

Paper and paperless recorders for FDA 21 CFR part 11 & EN12380 compliant temperature & process-signal registration

CasCade has an extensive range of reliable temperature recorders for heat-treatment purposes. Also built inside a rugged stainless steel housing.

  • paper- or paperless recorders
  • easy to use cloud-based internet recorders
  • 100180 and 250mm chart paper
  • 3-48 input channels
  • All recorders can be built inside rugged stainless steel housing in RAL color to your specification
  • All recorders can be delivered with a calibration certificate
rugged temperature recorder
Rugged stainless steel housing in RAL color to your specifiation

Battery powered standalone dataloggers for temperature, humidity, (differential)pressure and process-signals

CasCade specializes in FDA 21 CFR part 11, HACCP and EN12830 compliant battery powered dataloggers for all kinds of applications:

  • temperature: -80°C to +200°C and -230°C to +1450°C
  • relative humidity: 0-100% RH
  • thermocouple, Pt100, Pt1000 and thermistor sensors
  • mVdc/Vdc, 4-20mA process signals
  • 0-500A AC current & 120/240/480/600Vac voltage signals
  • pressure & differential-pressure sensors (0-25mBar to 0-10Bar, +/- 2.5 Pa to +/- 25mBar)
  • digital pulse signals: max. 100kHz
  • up to 10 years of battery powered recording time
  • max. pressures of 200 Bar
  • ATEX certified dataloggers
Signatrol battery powered miniature temperature & humidity datalogger
very small size of only 17.35 x 5.89mm
Tempmate usb temperature datalogger
-80°C to +200°C
Tempmate M2 usb temperature datalogger
vaccine & blood temperature
SmartReader 4 LPD battery powered low differential pressure datalogger
SmartReader Plus 4 LPD: low differential pressure & temperature
NATO stock number datalogger for blood & vaccines and military use